Très fervent catholique, Georges de La Tour a mis son talent, son pinceau et son atelier au service de la Réforme catholique, emplissant ses tableaux de saints et martyrs, symboles du renouveau de l'Église voulu par le concile de Trente. Toutes ces oeuvres sont communément réparties en diurnes dans la première partie de sa vie artistique et nocturnes dans la dernière période. L...(展开全部)

Language is mankind's greatest invention-except, of course, that it was never invented." So begins linguist Guy Deutscher's enthralling investigation into the genesis and evolution of language. If we started off with rudimentary utterances on the level of "man throw spear," how did we end up with sophisticated grammars, enormous vocabularies, and intricately nuanced degrees of ...(展开全部)

Language is mankind's greatest invention-except, of course, that it was never invented." So begins linguist Guy Deutscher's enthralling investigation into the genesis and evolution of language. If we started off with rudimentary utterances on the level of "man throw spear," how did we end up with sophisticated grammars, enormous vocabularies, and intricately nuanced degrees of ...(展开全部)

萨巴哈丁·阿里（Sabahattin Ali，1907-1948） 土耳其小说家。从师范学校毕业后，萨巴哈丁·阿里于1928年去往德国留学。留学期间，他接触到马克思主义著作和德国革命运动。回国后任德语教师，并从事文学活动。初期作品受德国浪漫主义文学的影响，后因结识了希克梅特等作家，逐渐转向现实主义。1933年，由于写了一首讽刺总统的诗，被监禁十四个月。他在狱中与农民接触，写下了许多反映农民生活的现实主义小说。第二次世界大战初期，他发表了长篇小说《我们心中的魔鬼》。因揭露了为德国法西斯效劳的文人的丑恶面目，书被焚毁，直到战后还被列为禁书。第二次世界大战后，萨巴哈丁·阿里创办幽默杂志，发表政论、寓言、讽刺诗，鞭挞出卖祖国的反动派，因而再度被捕入狱。获释后被迫脱离写作，靠当搬运工糊口。后逃往国外，在过境时被暗杀。

The untold story of how Japan became a cultural superpower through the fantastic inventions that captured—and transformed—the world’s imagination.

The acclaimed author of Founding Gardeners reveals the forgotten life of Alexander von Humboldt, the visionary German naturalist whose ideas changed the way we see the natural world—and in the process created modern environmentalism. Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859) was an intrepid explorer and the most famous scientist of his age. In North America, his name still graces four...(展开全部)

The acclaimed author of Founding Gardeners reveals the forgotten life of Alexander von Humboldt, the visionary German naturalist whose ideas changed the way we see the natural world—and in the process created modern environmentalism. Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859) was an intrepid explorer and the most famous scientist of his age. In North America, his name still graces four...(展开全部)

Long before books were mass-produced, scrolls hand copied on reeds pulled from the Nile were the treasures of the ancient world. Emperors and Pharaohs were so determined to possess them that they dispatched emissaries to the edges of earth to bring them back. When Mark Antony wanted to impress Cleopatra, he knew that gold and priceless jewels would mean nothing to her. So, what...(展开全部)

The untold story of how Japan became a cultural superpower through the fantastic inventions that captured—and transformed—the world’s imagination.